Tag: Social Security Advisory Board

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Andrew Biggs would be a great addition to the Social Security Advisory Board. I was recently forwarded an article “Senate Urged to Block Biden’s Pro-Privatization Nominee from Social Security Board.” One critic cited in the article characterized it as a “terrible nomination.” Who, you may ask, is this nominee? And what is the Social Security board?  Let’s…

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Panel’s specific recommendations would raise costs by 0.7 percent of payroll. Every four years the Social Security Advisory Board – a bipartisan government board that advises Congress and the President on challenges facing the Social Security program – appoints a Technical Panel to assess the reasonableness of the methods and assumptions underlying the Trustees’ long-term cost projections. …